In an upcoming film, McCarthy will play a female cop, but in a setting very far removed from the comedic silliness of Spy or The Heat. Variety reports that McCarthy and Ben Falcone are set to produce a film about Boston’s first female cops in the ’70s, based on a book proposal.

The description reads:

“Alexandra Lydon (who will also exec produce) penned the book which sold preemptively to Picador USA and tells the true story of the first female police officers in Boston. The book...